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MedStar Health Research Institute


Founded in 1963, MedStar Health Research Institute is the research division of MedStar Health. The institute provides scientific, administrative, and regulatory support for clinical research throughout the MedStar Health system.

With approximately 60% of its studies being federally funded, MedStar Health Research Institute is in the top 20% of U.S. institutions receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies. In the last year, more than1,000 active studies, involving thousands of patients, resulted in nearly 1,000 peer-reviewed publications.

Wherever you look throughout the MedStar Health system, you are likely to find our highly qualified scientists and investigators conducting leading-edge clinical research. From bench to bedside and into the community, associates across MedStar Health Research Institute work to advance the scientific understanding of disease and point the way toward better and more effective treatments.
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Recognized as a Healthiest Maryland Business for 2021

MedStar Health Research Institute is one of Maryland’s healthiest businesses. The designation is given by the state to organizations that demonstrate strong wellness initiatives and exceptional efforts in worksite health promotion.  The institute achieved Exemplar level status, which is the highest rating.
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Rehab
300+ active investigators
Medical Care
1,500 associates trained and involved in research
Specialty Care
$40 million in research revenue
Community
1,000+ peer reviewed research publications annually
1,000+ active studies conducted annually

Our research networks and core services


MedStar Health Research Institute researchers have many specialties and conduct investigations across six comprehensive networks, including the MedStar Health Cardiovascular Research Network, MedStar Healthcare Delivery Research Network, and MedStar Georgetown Cancer Research Networks. Our many core assets include a biostatistics and epidemiological center, clinical research centers,  a research pharmacy, two accredited pre-clinical laboratories, biochemistry and biomarker core laboratories, a core platelet center, a cardiac and vascular pathology center,  a genetics/genomics/proteomics research core, a cardiovascular core imaging center, an institutional review board, and an office of research integrity.
Cancer network 
The MedStar Georgetown Cancer Research Network treats both early and advanced disease, assuring that every patient with cancer has access to the best therapies. All of our cancer care is research-driven and research-inspired. Clinicians conduct a variety of trials ranging from treatment to supportive care for symptom management. Research topics include brain cancer, breast cancer, digestive/gastrointestinal cancer, endocrine/thyroid cancer, gynecological cancer, head and neck cancer, hematologic cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, and thoracic cancer.
Healthcare delivery network 
Every day, MedStar Health Research Institute investigators are studying and implementing new ways to improve the delivery of health care. Our health care delivery research program continues to expand and now serves as a national network for health researchers and policymakers to help set national priorities and recommend standards of care. Research topics include access to care and utilization, care delivery models, health care equity and health care disparities, palliative care, and quality and safety.
Cardiovascular network 
The MedStar Cardiovascular Research Network utilizes MedStar Heath’s patient experience data, which includes more than 18,000 catheterizations, 5,000 percutaneous interventional procedures, and 1,800 open-heart procedures per year. Research topics include acute coronary syndrome, angiogenesis / myogenesis, atherosclerosis and lipids therapy, cardiac imaging, carotid stent trials, congestive heart failure, drug eluting stent registries, gene discovery, peripheral vascular disease device studies, and pharmacologic therapies for cardiovascular disease.
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As the research-focused entity of MedStar Health, this is our contribution to the healing work performed throughout the system and in the communities we serve.
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